There was a slight increase in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among U.S. children from 2014 to 2019,
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Male sex, BMI, smoking and depression all increase biological age
A ‘biological age’ score predicts that being male, overweight, a smoker and having depression all contribute to biological aging, a
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79% decrease in primary care visits, 56-fold increase in virtual care: COVID-19 pandemic
In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an almost 80% decrease in primary care office visits in
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Living alone may increase risk of dying after hip fracture
Individuals face a higher risk of dying following hip fractures. A new study published in the Journal of Bone and
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Interventions to increase HPV vaccine coverage cost-effective
(HealthDay)—Three interventions for increased human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage are cost-effective, according to a study published online Nov. 16 in
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U.S. Nursing Homes Seeing Increase in New COVID-19 Cases
THURSDAY, Nov. 12, 2020 — Nursing homes are seeing an increase in new COVID-19 cases, paralleling an increase in the
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COVID-19 levels in Saskatoon’s wastewater point to upcoming increase in cases
University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers and partners at the City of Saskatoon (CoS) and the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) have
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Healthier lifestyles may increase lifespan even in people with multiple chronic conditions
A very healthy lifestyle is associated with up to 6.3 years longer life for men and 7.6 years for women,
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Highly fluorinated chemicals can increase risk for diabetes and coeliac disease in children
Tuulia Hyötyläinen and Matej Orešič, both researchers in biomedicine, have published two studies on the connection between highly fluorinated chemicals—per-
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Asthma does not seem to increase the severity of COVID-19
Asthma does not appear to increase the risk for a person contracting COVID-19 or influence its severity, according to a
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